Thursday, March 11, 2010

Bahasa Jawa = secret language

It is true that you are going to regard ‘ordinary thing’ as a gift… a precious one … when you are an alien in a foreign land. I always took for granted my ability to speak “bahasa Jawa” , it is just that I can … so what?... . But it comes in a handy now. Living in this English speaking country with my family, Goen and I use bahasa Jawa when we say something that other people should not know. It is bahasa Jawa and not bahasa Indonesia since there are people who understand bahasa Indonesia; those come from Malaysia, Singapore, or people who have been in Indonesia. Bahasa Jawa is a kind of ‘secret language’ for us even from Indonesians who are not Jawa and have never been to Jawa. So, we can talk about our private problems or our personal opinions about things quite openly in public … though we try not to speak too loudly in case there are unexpected people understand bahasa Jawa.

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Welcome to my blog ...It is an open personal diary ...No political or religious or any other affiliations ...

So many things happened since I created this blog ... I can't maintain it well ... but I have published new posts for I think I've got so many things in my mind now which make me ready to burst and explode right away if I don't express them in writings. This blog will be a kind of open diary for me without any intentions of attacking anybody ... no offense ... all are personal... My postings will be in bahasa Jawa, bahasa Indonesia, or English depend on my swing of mood ...